Safety railway-car



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. C. MARON & A. BHNI.

SAFETY RAILWAY UAR.

No. 365,143. Patented June 21, 1887.

5,4 W @JWM/7 (N-o Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. A. C. MARON 8v A. BOHNI.

SAFETY RAILWAY GAR.

No. 365,143. Patented June 21,1887'.

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SFETY RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,143, dated June 2l, 1887.

Serial No, 233,050.

(No model.)

T @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, ALFRED C. Manon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and ALnERT BHNI, a cit-izen ot' the Republic ol' Switzerland, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Safety ItailwayCar, of which the io following` is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in railway-cars in which, in case of accident, trap-doors in the Iloor provide a means of egress from the ear. In case of telescoping a i 5 section of the roof of th'c ear is automatically raised, thus providing a means of egress, and in ease of overturning a section of the roof of the car opens automatically, thus providing a means of egress; and the objects of our improvements are to provide means of egress from the car, either through the openings in the tloor or the openings in the roof, in ease the ordinary means of egress are closed, because of the overturning or telescoping ot' the car. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of the car, showing the mechanism for raising the sections ol' the roof, the dotted lines showing said sections in an elevated position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the car on the line .e m, Fig. l, showing the floor of the car with the trapdoors. Fig. 3 is an end view ot' the car. Fig. I is a vertical sectional view on the line y y, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the parallel rods shown in Fig. l. Fig. (3 is a side view of the automatic latch. Fig. 7 is an end view ot' the automatic latch. Fig. 8 is a View of the staple into which the latch falls. Fig. 9 is a view of the mechanism for raising the section of the roof, being a modification of the mechanism shown in Fig. I.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

The trap-doors A and B (shown in Fig. 2) are in the floor of the ear. They are fastened by the hinges a c and b I), and may be readily raised by the rings and staples c d, or other suitable means. XVe prefer that the trap'doors open in different directions, as shown in Fig. l, the hinges b Z being ou one side ol" thccar and the ring and staple c on the other side. The trapdoors are in the aisle of the car between the seats. lVhen the car is turned upside down, the trap-doors in the floor open automatically,

or can be readily opened, and a means ol" egress is thus furnished.

The sections C D of the roof of the car are made of wood or other material suitable for 6o the purpose and of suflicient strength. The sections O D are hinged at E, and may have a ratchetand pawl to prevent them from closing again when once opened. The rods F G are parallel, and are below the roof of the car, ex- 6 5 tending to thcend thereof. Atthc ends thereof the said rods F Gare screwed together bya cross-piece, II, and at the ends of thc rods are the end pieces, I. At the joints e are attached the levers M, which run diagonally to the 7o joints n., as shown in Fig. l. At the inner ends of the rods F G are the hooks f, (shown in Fig. l.) Fig. 4, which is a sectional View on the line y y, Fig. l, shows the method of locking by means ol" the hooks f. lien the root' C is open and in the position C', the hook j" is in the postionf, the cross-piece II is in the position H, the end pieces, I, in the posi tion I', thejoint e is in the position e', and the lever llI is in the position M. Now, if the So roof be allowed to fall shut again, the staple h will be su liciently shorter than the staple g to leave a space for the rods F G to pass between the bottom of the staple le. and the bottom of the staple g. rIhe hookf will catch the staple 71, and the roof will be securely fastened. If the cars are telcscoped, end pieces, I, will come in contact with similar end pieces on the next ear, and the end pieces, I, will be pushed into the position I', thus automatically raising the 9o roof of the carin the manner described and providing a means of egress from the car.

The section of the root' N, Fig. 3, may be hinged at K and securely fastened by the latch shown in Fig. G. The hinges are at K on one of the sections of the roof, and at L on the other. When the roof opens, the top falls either into the position K L or L K.

rIhe latch shown in Fig. (l operates in the following manner: The staple Vis in the side roo of the raised Ventilating portion of the roof. The catch R is inserted in this staple, thus se curely fastening the root'. If the ear is turned on its side, the weight P falls into the position position N.

P', and the'eatch R falls into the position It', and the bar S falls into the position S', thus releasing the section N of the roof, which falls of its own weight into the position K L or L K. Of course, the automatically-locking latch on one of the two sections is on theopposite side of the car from that on the other section. Fig. 7 represents the latch when the roof is closed. An L-shaped staple, o', may be used to sustain the weight P when the latch is closed. l

The mechanism shown in Fig. l may be somewhat modified, as shown in Fig. 9, where I is the end piece; G, the rod; c, the joint; s, the point where the lever, Z is fastened. p is a sliding joint. Then the caristeleseoped, the rod G is pushed in, and the lever Z, which is ordinarily in an almost horizontal position, assumes nearly averlical position. The shock will throw the section ot' roofN up into the A ratchet-wheel and pawl prevents it from falling again.

Having fully described our invention, what we desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. vIn combination, in a safety railway-car, sections of the roof of the car on hinges, mechanisrn to automatically raise the said sections when the ear is telescoped, the staples g h, and the hook f, for locking the said hinged seetions, all substantially as described.

2. In combination, in a safety railway-car, .v

the said car hinged, mechanism to raise the said hinged sections when the car is tclescoped, the staples g h, and the hook j", for locking said sections. v ,t

5. In combination, in a safety railway-car, trap-doors in the floor ofsaid car, opening in different directions, sections of the roof of the said car hinged, mechanism to raise the said t hinged sections, and the' latch T R I), and the staple V, for locking said sections.

ALFRED MARON. ALBERT BOHN I. Witnesses:

Rioni). S. CHILD, Jr., BUTLER KENNER HARDING. 

